Rebecca Albury
Rebecca Albury is an Associate Professor in the School of History and Politics. She is the chair of the Excellence, Diversity and Innovation in Teaching Subcommittee (EDITS) of the University Education Committee.
Her research interests have focussed on social movements and their impact on public policy in Australia. In particular she has researched aspects of the women's health movement and reproductive health policy and politics. She is currently working on a project investigating discourses of risk and choice with a group in Gender Studies at the University of Adelaide.
Her publications in these areas include:
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The Politics of Reproduction: Beyond the Slogans, Sydney, Allen & Unwin, 1999
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'Reproductive Rights and Technologies' in Australian Feminism: A Companion edited by B. Caine, M. Gatens, E. Graham, J. Larbalestier, S. Watson and E. Webby, Melbourne, Oxford University Press, 1998.
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'Challenges to Commonsense: Debates about the Status of Human Embryos Outside Women's Bodies', Journal of Australian Studies, Number 59, 1998 pp. 129-38.
Searchable RIS publications from 2000 to date
Rebecca's teaching includes Australian politics and public policy and women's studies.
Rebecca is the Honours coordinator for the School of History and Politics. In this role she is the first point of contact for intending Honours students and teaches the Research Readiness seminar within the Honours Program.
She has supervised research students from Honours through PhD on topics related to feminism and public policy.
In 2005 Rebecca Albury received a University of Wollongong Learning and Teaching Fellowship for the project: Supporting the Challenges to Higher Education - The First Six Months of Study.
Between 1998 and 2003, Rebecca Albury was Convenor of the interdisciplinary BA (Community and Environment) offered by flexible delivery through the Shoalhaven Campus and the Education Centres of the South Coast and Southern Highlands Education Network. She has published on this experience including:
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'Integrating Innovation into the Mainstream in a Faculty of Arts: Obstacles and Opportunities' with Geraldine Lefoe, World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2004(1), 2919-2926. [Online]. Available: http://dl.aace.org/15838
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'Creating New Learning Environments Off Campus In The Faculty Of Arts: What Impact On Teaching And Learning On Campus?' with Geraldine Lefoe, ASCILITE Annual Conference, Auckland, December 2002 (refereed conference paper). http://www.ascilite.org.au/conferences/auckland02/proceedings/papers/159.pdf
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'Collaborative partnerships: changing roles for academic and support staff in new learning environments', in Online Learning Environments: Research and Teaching, G.Lefoe, R.Albury, C. Littler, N. Trivett in J. Hedberg (ed), RILE monograph, University of Wollongong (2001).
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'On Being "Head" - reflections on leading an educational innovation involving computer technology', ASCILITE Annual Conference, Melbourne, (refereed conference paper published in proceedings) December, 2001
http://www.ascilite.org.au/conferences/melbourne01/pdf/papers/alburyr.pdf
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'Creating Partnerships In A Distributed Learning Environment: Some Lessons Learned', R. Albury, G. Lefoe, C. Littler, N. Trivett (refereed conference paper available on CD-ROM) HERDSA Annual International Conference, Newcastle, Aust. July 200.1
- 'Passing through the pain barrier: making a flexibly delivered degree' S. Curtis, G. Lefoe, M. Merten, C. Milne, R. Albury, HERDSA Annual International Conference, July 1999.
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